Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera

Sri Lankan diplomat

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1899

Place of Birth: Sri Lanka

Date of Death: 23-Apr-1973

Profession: writer, diplomat, university teacher

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera, OBE, JP (8 November 1899 – 23 April 1973) was a Sri Lankan academic, scholar and diplomat best known for his Malalasekara English-Sinhala Dictionary.
He was the Ceylon's first Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Ceylon's High Commissioner to Canada, the United Kingdom and Ceylon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.
He was the Professor Emeritus in Pali and Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies.